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Re: Linear Hypothesis IS the Cause of Public Fear of Radiation
Is that the fruit tree down by the POND or is it one of the trees in the
area of the LA Inn? As a kid I remember the old TA1 and the overpasses
over Trinity Drive. There were many aprocot trees in that area. I can
rember picking fruit off of trees in the old TA1 area (after the buildings
were gone) and thinking NOTHING about it. .... does that have any reason
why I am now working in the Radiological Sciences? .... Maybe who knows.
To the best of my knowledge I am still around and don't glow in the dark!!
JERRY THOMAS
I
At 11:11 10/10/96 -0500, you wrote:
>>Somehow this logic does not survive when it comes to radiation (or some
>>other nasties that they're scared to death of).
>
>At Los Alamos, there is a fruit tree on the site of the original (wartime)
>technical area. The fuit of this tree contains detectable amounts of Pu,
>though eating all the fruit from this tree would result in less than 1 mrem
>CEDE. I ask myself: knowing everything that I know, how would I feel about
>eating the fruit from this tree? In considering this question I have come
>to realise that I am not 100% rational.
>
>"Shlala gashle" (Zulu greeting, meaning "Stay safe")
>mike (mcnaught@LANL.GOV)
>
>
CAPT Jerry A. Thomas, MSC, USN
Chief Radiological Physics
Department of Radiology/Nuclear Medicine
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
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Bethesda, MD 20814-4799
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